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9 - Yoga-based interventions for the management of psychiatric disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2016

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Shivarama Varambally  and
B. N. Gangadhar
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Linda C. W. Lam  and
Michelle Riba
Linda C. W. Lam
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Michelle Riba
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Physical Exercise Interventions for Mental Health , pp. 124 - 146
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